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World Day Against Child Labour Observed On 12th June 2018 Detail Purpose History
World Day Against Child Labour Observed On 12th June 2018 Detail, Aim, Purpose, History
The World Day Against Child Labour is observed every year on 12th June, to raise awareness of the dilemma of child laborers worldwide to which billions-trillions of girls and boys around the world are affected.
The World Day Against Child Labour was launched by International Labour Organization (ILO), the United Nations body that regulates the world of work in the year 2002.
The World Day Against Child Labour aims to bring attention and join efforts to fight against child labour. Every year, numerous events are held around the world on June 12 to mark the day and call attention to the problem.
The World Day Against Child Labour brings together governments, local authorities, civil society and international, workers and employers organizations to point out the child labour problem and define the guidelines to help child labourers.
Background
Child labour involves children who are forced to work, hundreds of millions of girls and boys throughout the world are involved in work that deprives them of receiving an adequate education, health, leisure and basic freedoms, violating this way their rights. Of these children, more than half are exposed to the worst forms of child labour.
In 2011, there were an estimated 215 million child laborers in the world - 115 million of which were involved in hazardous work. To combat child labor around the world the International Labour Organization (ILO) initiated the World Day Against Child Labor in 2002.
